Ben Marcus Reads “Blueprints for St. Louis”

Ben Marcus reads his story from the October 2, 2017, issue of the magazine. Marcus has published two novels and two story collections, including “The Flame Alphabet” and “Leaving the Sea,” which came out in 2014 and was short-listed for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award.

Deborah Treisman is The New Yorker’s fiction editor and the host of its Fiction Podcast.